Planting guide

When to plant globe artichoke

Silvery perennial with edible flower buds; handsome enough for the front garden. In Melbourne it goes in Oct–Jan.

Start as: Seedling or Crown
Ready in: 1+ years to the first crop
Spacing: 90 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means globe artichoke can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Melbourne	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Brisbane	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Perth	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Adelaide	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Gold Coast	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Newcastle	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Canberra	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Central Coast	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Geelong	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Wollongong	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Hobart	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Townsville	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Toowoomba	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Ballarat	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mandurah	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bendigo	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Launceston	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mackay	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Rockhampton	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Coffs Harbour	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bunbury	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bundaberg	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●
Alice Springs	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mildura	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Port Macquarie	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Wellington	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Christchurch	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
London	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Chicago	○	○	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Toronto	○	○	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Johannesburg	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Singapore	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	●	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant globe artichoke

Plant suckers or seedlings in rich, well-drained soil.
Give each plant a metre of room.
Feed and mulch well each spring.
Cut buds while the scales are still tight.

Globe artichoke varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Green Globe Classicheirloom · heavy-cropper · 26–39 wksThe classic large globe artichoke
Imperial Star Classicfast · hybrid · 17–23 wksProduces buds in the first year from seed
Violetta Adventurouscolourful · heirloom · 26–39 wksPurple-tinged buds; tender and delicious
Purple Romagna Adventurouscolourful · heirloom · 26–39 wksItalian heirloom with tender purple buds

Where to buy seedlings

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Good companions

Broad bean, Garlic, Sunflower

Globe artichoke by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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